Improved washing-machine



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN THATOHER, OF BROOKLYN, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND GEORGE LYON,OF SAME PLACE.

IMPRovED WASHING-MACHINE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 36.129, dated August 5,1862.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN THATCHER, of Brooklyn, in the county ofCuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements inWashing-Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a fulland complete description of the construction and operation of the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of thisspecification, in which- Figure 1 is a top view. Fig. 2 is a side View.Fig. 3 is an end View, and Fig. 4 is asection in the direction of theline :r .fr in Fig. 1.

rlhe nature of my invention relates to the adjustable rubbers and theseveral parts connected therewith, to the portable and detachablecharacter of the invention,and to the mode of attaching and detachi ngto and from the tub.

A A represent the frame of the machine. It consists of two side pieces,A,and two crosspieces, A. The middle portion of the side pieces is widerthan at the ends and fits down into the inside of the tub, to which itis attached by the hooks B, which hook under the bottom of the tub andare secured at the top by nuts B.

C is a fluted roller placed at the top and cen.

ter of the frame. An iron shaft passes through the center of the tintedroller, forming the journals upon which it rotates. One end extends asufficient distance for the reception of the crank O', by which theroller is rotated upon its axis. The boxes in which the rollers turn arerigidly fixed to the sides of the frame A.

D D are adjustable vibrating rubbers, having their inner faces Iiuted,one being placed upon either side of the roller O. The rubbers are hungupon a journal or pin, E, in the inner ends of the adjusting-rods F,which rods pass through guides upon the top of the frame A. These guidesG are pressed toward the roller C by coiled springs H, which encirclethe adj usting-rods F, and in this manner the fluted rubbers are pressedagainst the fiuted roller. This pressure can be increased or diminishedby means of the thumb-screws I, which work in a stationary nut upon themiddle of the cross-piece A. The point of the screw presses against abar, G', which extends from one guide-rod to the other, and againstwhich the springs H` rest. By turning this screw in, the springs arecondensed and the pressure of the vibrating and adjustable rubber ispressed harder against the roller C. By turning the screw out thepressure is decreased.` The rubbers thus have two motions, one upon thepins E, which vibrating motion ranges from the position shown in Fig. 4to that indicated by the red lines E. The other motion is the directpressure upon the roller O. Upon the upper edge of the adjustablerubbers is placed a roller, J, over which the clothes are caused to passwhen being drawn up from the tub ot pass between the roller and rubbers.

The operation of the machine is as follows: The machine is secured tothe tub in the manner hereinbefore described, and the clothes introducedat a. The crank is rst turned in one direction and then in the other,keeping the clothes between the roller and rubbers upon one or bothsides at the same time, and operated in this way until the desiredamount of friction is produced. The vclothes arethen rinsed in the usualmanner.

What I claim as my improvement, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The adjustable rubbers D D, the springs F,

and adjusting-screws E, in combination with the iiuted roller C,portable frame A, and hooks B, arranged and operating as and for thepurpose specified.

JOHN THATOHER.

Witnesses J. BEAINERD, G. H. BENHAM.

